26th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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The 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom was the short-lived legislature elected in January 1910, marked by intense constitutional conflict over the powers of the House of Lords and the Liberal government's reform agenda.

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26th Parliament of the United Kingdom canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedReform Parliament Act 1911 (preparatory debates) ⓘ
chamber1 House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamber2 House of Lords ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
election January 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime November 1910 ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
followedBy 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
government Liberal government of H. H. Asquith ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
legislativePeriod January 1910 – November 1910 ⓘ
legislativeTerm short-lived ⓘ
legislatureNumber 26 ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsIn House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
monarch Edward VII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
notableFor intense constitutional conflict between Commons and Lords ⓘ
struggle over limiting veto powers of the House of Lords ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 670 ⓘ
oppositionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
partOf history of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalContext Liberal minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support ⓘ
precededBy 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primeMinister H. H. Asquith ⓘ
reasonForDissolution continued deadlock over House of Lords reform ⓘ
significantEvent conflict over the 1909 People’s Budget ⓘ
constitutional crisis over the powers of the House of Lords ⓘ
negotiations leading to the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
speaker James Lowther ⓘ
startTime January 1910 ⓘ
stateHead Edward VII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
topic House of Lords reform ⓘ
constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfElection general election ⓘ

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January 1910 United Kingdom general election → parliamentNumber → 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
1900 United Kingdom general election → chamberDissolved → 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
27th Parliament of the United Kingdom → precededBy → 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ